[HTML][HTML] Long-term and high-concentration heavy-metal contamination strongly influences the microbiome and functional genes in Yellow River sediments

Y Chen, Y Jiang, H Huang, L Mou, J Ru, J Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The world is facing a hard battle against soil pollution such as heavy metals. Metagenome
sequencing, 16S rRNA sequencing, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) …

A composite taxonomical and functional framework of microbiomes under acid mine drainage bioremediation systems

M Villegas-Plazas, J Sanabria, H Junca - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mining-industry is one of the most important activities in the economic development of many
countries and produces highly significant alterations on the environment, mainly due to the …

Profiling multiple heavy metal contamination and bacterial communities surrounding an iron tailing pond in Northwest China

S Li, J Wu, Y Huo, X Zhao, L Xue - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Northwest China is abundant in iron ore reserves and has become one of the important iron
ore mining bases in China. However, the contamination and microbial community structure …

Microbial community diversity dynamics in acid mine drainage and acid mine drainage-polluted soils: implication on mining water irrigation agricultural sustainability

R Munyai, HJO Ogola, DM Modise - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Environmental degradation related to mining-generated acid mine drainage (AMD) is a
major global concern, contaminating surface and groundwater sources, including …

[HTML][HTML] First insight into the natural biodegradation of cyanide in a gold tailings environment enriched in cyanide compounds

MD Welman-Purchase, J Castillo… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The disposal of mining wastes that contain cyanide are dumped in tailings from gold
extraction is a public concern in mining countries such as South Africa. Many studies have …

Assembly processes of bacterial and fungal communities in metal (loid) s smelter soil

M Li, J Yao, G Sunahara, R Duran, B Liu, Y Cao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
There are few studies on concurrent bacterial and fungal community assembly processes
that govern the metal (loid) s biogeochemical cycles at smelters. Here, a systematic …

Deciphering the toxic effects of metals in gold mining area: microbial community tolerance mechanism and change of antibiotic resistance genes

C Yan, F Wang, H Liu, H Liu, S Pu, F Lin, H Geng… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mine tailing dumps represent significant threats to ecological environments due to the
presence of toxic substances. The present work investigated the relationship among …

Optimization of biochemical oxygen demand to total nitrogen ratio for treating landfill leachate in a single-stage partial nitrification-denitrification system

J Li, Q Du, H Peng, Y Zhang, Y Bi, Y Shi, Y Xu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a partial nitrification-denitrification (PND) system was established to treat
landfill leachate with different influent biochemical oxygen demand to total nitrogen ratio …

Microbial diversity and community structure dynamics in acid mine drainage: Acidic fire with dissolved heavy metals

W Sajjad, N Ilahi, S Kang, A Bahadur… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the leading causes of environmental pollution and is
linked to public health and ecological consequences. Microbes-mineral interaction …

Defunct gold mine tailings are natural reservoir for unique bacterial communities revealed by high-throughput sequencing analysis

T Sibanda, R Selvarajan, T Msagati… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mine tailing dumps are arguably one of the leading sources of environmental degradation
with often both public health and ecologically consequences. The present study investigated …